Diligent Palace.

Zhao Han flipped through the manuscript sent and asked casually, "Zhang Pu is sick again?" ”

Qian Qianyi sighed: "Alas, this winter is very cold, unlike previous years, Dr. Zhang is so sick that he coughs up blood, and I don't know if he can get through it." ”

"Send some medicine." Zhao Han instructed the female official and continued to bury her head in the manuscript.

This is the "Examination of the Fields and Mu of the Past Dynasties" compiled by the Hanlin Academy under the order of the Hanlin Academy, which was tossed for several years, and finally completed the draft and sent it to the emperor for personal review.

When Zhao Han saw the original chapter of the Ida system, he couldn't help frowning, and then picked up the red pen to give suggestions for revision.

The historians of the Hanlin Academy talked about the Ida system very nonsense. The common people collectively cultivated the well fields, and it was considered that "the Son of Heaven was benevolent, the people were simple, and everyone was selfless".

Zhao Han's red-letter instructions are: In the Spring and Autumn Period, iron tools are scarce, crops are poor, how many acres can one person cultivate? People are selfless, this is a big fallacy! For example, Guangdong has passed through the mountains, slash-and-burn farming, and co-cultivation can harvest grain. Now, the Guangdong government has compiled households for Guoshan Yao, taught them the art of farming for the Han people, and gave them iron farming tools and sweet potato and corn seeds. There have been thousands of people who have crossed the mountains and given up farming and farming, which is no different from the surrounding Han people.

Qian Qianyi sat not far away, watching the emperor have more and more Zhu Pi, and a deep sense of powerlessness suddenly arose in his heart.

The scholars of the Hanlin Academy have compiled books for several years, and they still need a lot of revisions when they are sent to the emperor!

Zhao Han sat on it to review the manuscript, and Qian Qianyi waited below. Until lunchtime, Zhao Han didn't raise his head, and ordered: "Let's eat here together." ”

Not long after, a female official brought a meal, and Qian Qianyi, Ding Shijing and others also ate.

While eating lunch, Zhao Han finally spoke and asked, "Is there really so much in the Sui Dynasty?" ”

Qian Qianyi hurriedly put down his chopsticks and replied: "Your Majesty, the ministers were also surprised, thinking that it was a calculation error. According to historical data, it was recalculated more than a dozen times, and the results were all the same. During the time of Emperor Wen of Sui, the Sui Dynasty had about 2 billion acres of land in the country. By the time of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, the acres of land in the Sui Dynasty had exceeded 5 billion mu. ”

Zhao Han sighed: "The death of the second Sui Dynasty is indeed unjust!" ”

Whether it was the Han Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty, the cultivated land at its peak was only about 500 million mu. The Ming Dynasty's agriculture developed greatly, and a lot of land was newly opened up, and the cultivated land area of the country was only more than 800 million mu. A few hundred years later, New China once again developed agriculture, turning the Great Northern Wilderness into the Great Northern Warehouse, and the cultivated land area of the country was only 1.8 billion mu.

What the hell is the more than 5 billion acres of cultivated land in the Sui Dynasty?

Qian Qianyi explained: "Emperor Wen of Sui took advantage of the power of the founding of the country and ordered the cleaning up of the world's fields. For the sake of political performance, officials across the country have wantonly falsely reported the numbers. The ministers estimated that although Emperor Wen of Sui ordered the reduction of the land of Juntian, he was committed to the implementation of benevolent government. However, the taxes that the peasants had to pay were at least three times higher than before the founding of the Sui Dynasty. By the time of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, the peasants were likely to pay ten times as much land as before the Sui Dynasty. ”

Zhao Han held chopsticks in one hand, flipped through the manuscript with the other, swallowed the food in his mouth, and sneered: "Purely for the sake of political achievements, it is impossible for a magistrate to make such a false report." After all, they have to go out to collect taxes, and if they report less, won't the officials be able to make more money? Compared with political achievements, it is more cost-effective to be able to pay more taxes through corruption. ”

Qian Qianyi said: "This matter is quite incomprehensible, and the ministers can't figure it out. ”

Zhao Han flipped the chopsticks, pointed to the content of the manuscript and said, "What is the mystery, you have already written it." ”

"This ...... Forgive the courtiers for being stupid. "Qian Qianyi really didn't understand, and always felt that the behavior of the magistrates of the Sui Dynasty was unreasonable.

"Well, isn't it written here?"

Zhao Han pointed to the manuscript and said: "Emperor Wen of Sui and Emperor Yang of Sui, father and son, when they were checking the acres of land, they also checked the homeless people and shared the land with the people. Slaves and maids are equal to good people, and men can get 80 acres of open fields, 40 acres of women, and 20 acres of Yongye fields. After the death of the person, the open field was collected and redistributed by the government, and the Yongye field could be passed on to the descendants. This was indeed benevolent, but at the same time, the emperor ordered an inventory of the acres and population of the world. And the princes and generals have a limit for slaves and maids. If Aiqing is the gate valve of the Sui Dynasty, what do you think can be done to quickly annex the land? ”

After thinking about it carefully, Qian Qianyi said: "Natural disasters and man-made disasters, the people have nothing to live on, so take the opportunity to lend them money. The people could not afford to pay back, so they had to sell their land. ”

"Hahahaha!"

Zhao Han suddenly laughed: "Qian Aiqing, Qian Aiqing, how can you use the practices of the Ming Dynasty gentry to apply it to the Sui Dynasty gate valve?" If the gate valve is so good, the Sui Dynasty is afraid that it will survive for two hundred years. ”

Qian Qianyi still didn't understand: "Is it good to annex land like this?" ”

Zhao Han said: "If I were an official in the Sui Dynasty, the imperial court would give me a quota of 500 slaves. Then I will try my best to recruit the hidden people in the mountains as slaves. If these slaves and maids were all men, they would be able to get 40,000 acres of open fields and 10,000 acres of Yongye fields. These 500 male slaves are all dead, 40,000 acres of open fields are returned to the imperial court, and the remaining 10,000 acres of Yongye fields are mine. Then I will continue to collect another 500 slaves and maids, let them all die, and I can get another 10,000 acres of eternal farmland. ”

Qian Qianyi said: "This is indeed a loophole, but how can a slave live for decades." ”

"Why should I let them live for decades?" Zhao Han's expression suddenly became cold, "I can send them to repair the Grand Canal, I am the gate valve, the official who supervised the construction of the Grand Canal, not my clan, or my friend's clan." Send the slaves to the construction site and let them die in three months, and they will never live more than half a year! I have 500 slaves, my son 300, my nephew 300, and my people have countless slaves. If I kill a group of slaves and maids, I can get 10,000 mu of Yongye Field, and my entire family will add up, and it will be no problem to enter hundreds of thousands of mu a year, right? ”

Qian Qianyi was dumbfounded: "This ...... Is this okay? ”

Zhao Han said: "I don't want to kill so many slaves and maids." Then don't kill it, drive it out as a homeless person, and report it to the court that the slave and maid are dead, in fact, the effect is the same. ”

Qian Qianyi seemed to be shattered, and muttered to himself: "Could it be that Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty built the Grand Canal and died countless servants, but he was actually forced to die by the big clan?" At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the displaced people were everywhere, and they were also driven away by the big clans? ”

Zhao Han smiled: "I didn't say it, and I didn't dare to be sure, but I did see a hole to exploit." ”

Qian Qianyi had nothing to say.

The gentry after the Song Dynasty really couldn't appreciate the "arrogance" of the Sui and Tang Dynasty gates. Those gatekeepers, but there are legal subordinates, not only are there countless slaves, but they can also have private armies.

Zhao Han said: "So I divided the field, and I didn't think about taking it back." Even though he knew that after a hundred years, the land annexation would continue, he did not dare to order the deceased to return the land and divide it. If the deceased is allowed to return the land to the government, first, it will force the people to hide the land and population, and second, the officials can do anything about these fields. The gentry can also collude with officials, disregard people's lives, force countless people to death, take the opportunity to recover the land, and give the acres to the gentry's family! ”

Qian Qianyi's mood was very complicated, and he arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty Shengming." ”

After reviewing it until the evening, Zhao Han finally finished the "Examination of the Past Dynasties" and said to Qian Qianyi: "Take it back and revise it again according to Zhu's approval." ”

"Yes!"

Qian Qianyi couldn't leave yet, and continued to wait, because there were other drafts.

The original part of the "History of the Ming Dynasty" was also sent, and the emperor needed to see it himself.

Zhao Han first read Zhu Yuanzhang's book, and felt that it was not bad, it was all positive deeds, and there was no messy wild history.

has been seeing Zhu Di's book, Zhao Han finally raised the pen and wrote in a circle: Emperor Yongle should be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the temple number should become the ancestor, wouldn't it be a change of dynasty?

This is a downgrade for Zhu Di, Chengzu is definitely better than Taizong.

In order to make room for his father, Jiajing changed Zhu Di's temple name to Chengzu, which is pure nonsense.

The ancient rite is the "Seven Temples of the Son of Heaven", but since the beginning of Huizong of the Song Dynasty, it has always been the "Nine Temples of the Son of Heaven".

By the Jiajing period, there were a total of nine emperors in Zongmiao. took Zhu Yuanzhang's grandfather out, just eight, and vacated one for Jiajing's father. Where is the need for re-ejably?

The real reason is that Zhu Di is worthy of sacrificing to Mingtang, and Jiajing sent his father to Mingtang. This practice is nonsense!

Because his father robbed Zhu Di of Mingtang incense, Jiajing changed Ming Taizong to Ming Chengzu in order to compensate Zhu Di. In this way, Zhu Di's level has been improved, and he can enjoy the annual suburbs with Zhu Yuanzhang - it is equivalent to the incense that should be enjoyed by Zhu Yuanzhang alone, and half of it was inexplicably shared by Zhu Di.

Therefore, Jiajing changed Zhu Di to Ming Chengzu, and the biggest victim was actually Zhu Yuanzhang...... Of course, if Zhu Di had knowledge, he would definitely be very unhappy, making him look like a thief.

The next Mingbao Sect and the like, Zhao Han quickly swept over and carefully checked in the Ming Xian Sect's Benji.

This version of "History of the Ming Dynasty" is finally normal, there is no Wan Guifei who brutalized the prince, and Zhu Jianshen's exploits are more objective. In addition to relocating millions of displaced people, Zhu Jianshen's exploits in Mongolia and Liaodong were also written in great detail.

After all, Jianzhou Tartar is the sworn enemy of the new dynasty of Datong, and Zhu Jianshen, who once ploughed the court and copied the Tartar's nest, naturally has to be described as a monarch with great talents.

Of course, there are also negative reviews, and Zhu Jianshen is in a late coma.

Reading until Emperor Zhengde's book, Zhao Han couldn't cry or laugh: "The two armies fought for seven days, and they only beheaded the sixteenth level of Mongolia? ”

Qian Qianyi replied: "Your Majesty, the ministers were afraid of making mistakes, so they specially consulted the generals of the Governor's Mansion. "The Records of Ming Wuzong" should not be scribbled, and it is even possible that it is defending Wuzong, and the Ming army may have died more than in the Wuzong Records. ”

"Tell me more." Zhao Han said.

Qian Qianyi estimated that he had really studied it carefully, and said eloquently: "Beheading sixteen levels is not killing sixteen enemies, it should be that the Ming army has no time to cut off the heads of the Mongols." ”

"On the first day of this battle, the two sides met unexpectedly, and they didn't fight much, and the Mongols ran away."

"On the second day of the battle, Wang Xun's troops of the Ming army were besieged by lone troops. According to the actual records, the two armies killed and wounded each other. But the Ming army was always surrounded, and it was naturally impossible to cut off the head. ”

"On the third day of the battle, there was a sudden fog, and the Mongols, fearing a surprise attack, took the initiative to withdraw and leave, and the two sides did not fight fiercely."

On the fourth day of the battle, Wang Xun should have received an order from Wuzong to take the initiative to go out of the city to fight, and use himself as bait to leave the Mongols behind. On this day, Wang Xun was always besieged, and the reinforcements tried to surround the Mongols, but they never succeeded. Moreover, the Ming army was quite unfavorable in the war, and there was no time to cut off the Mongol head. ”

"On the fifth day of the battle, Wu Zong personally went into battle and wanted to encircle and annihilate the Mongols. Fearing that Wuzong would lose, the men and horses fought desperately, and finally succeeded in joining forces, but they were still unable to surround the Mongols. Wu Zong's car almost fell, and Wu Zong said that he killed one enemy with his own hands, which should also be at this time. The Ming army has always been at a disadvantage, and there is also little chance to cut the head. ”

"On the sixth day of the battle, the Mongols ran away and could not break through the Ming army's large array, so they were reluctant to fight the Ming army."

"On the seventh day of the battle, the Mongols rode far on horseback, and the Ming army could not catch up at all."

Zhao Han listened carefully to the whole process and found that he really couldn't find any loopholes. The Mongol casualties were certainly more than double digits. But the Ming army was pressed and beaten, and could only defend in formation, and it was difficult to go out and cut the head, and once the head was cut, the formation would be chaotic. Therefore, no matter how many casualties the Mongols had, they could calmly leave with their corpses.

This is a standard infantry versus cavalry battle, the cavalry cannot break through the infantry formation, and the infantry cannot catch up with the cavalry who wants to leave.

Strictly speaking, it should be a tie.

The defect of the Ming army was that there were too few cavalry, and they used a lone army as bait to let other reinforcements come over and encircle and annihilate them. But reinforcements were too slow, and some came first and some last, and the encirclement plan became a refueling tactic. In the end, if Zhu Houzhao hadn't played in person, the generals could only fight hard, and Wang Xun, who was the bait, was likely to be surrounded and annihilated by the Mongols.

"Let's write it like this, the book of the History of the Ming Dynasty is fine." Zhao Han said.

Call!

Qian Qianyi breathed a long sigh of relief.

On the second day, Zhao Han was working daily, and Li Xiangjun suddenly brought a magazine.

Today's magazines and newspapers are basically monthly, and some are quarterly and semi-annual. Zhao Han wanted to read these publications to understand the situation of the people.

Zhao Han was puzzled: "It's the end of the month, how can there be a new publication?" ”

Li Xiangjun said: "It's a supplement. Some readers, when they learned about this examination, some women signed up to participate in it, and wrote an article saying that the women's imperial examination was Si Chen. ”